Installed new hard drive--don't have software install disk

[anniemathilda]

Hello,

After the hard drive on my early 2007 macbook went on the fritz and failed the other day I ordered a new hard drive and installed it myself following instructions I found online.

I'm now getting the folder with a question mark so I believe the installation went well but I'm without my Leopard installation disk and in need of some help. I only have access to a PC, so I'm pretty sure I can't download a copy of the software, as all the ones I've found are torrents and I can't move those to a hard drive and boot up my macbook from one... or can I? Is there a way around this?

Any advice appreciated! Thanks in advance.

 

[forcefieldkid]

I wouldn't expect much help on this here.

 

[JediMeister]

How about you buy Snow Leopard for $29. You won't have iLife though. Or buy the Mac Box set and give yourself OS X 10.6, iLife, and iWork.

 

[anniemathilda]

I've looked into that but it seems like I need to have Leopard to upgrade to Snow Leopard. Am I wrong about that?

 

[pdjudd]

I've looked into that but it seems like I need to have Leopard to upgrade to Snow Leopard. Am I wrong about that?

You had it before, you qualify. It does not need to be actively installed.

 

[JediMeister]

The retail install disc will allow you to do a clean install. You will boot to the 10.6 disc with the letter C or option held, it'll take you to the installer after you select your language. Because the drive is newly installed, to avoid any potential issues, I would recommend using Disk Utility (accessed from the Utilities menu in the top left) to create a GUID Partition Map, Mac OS Extended Partition, and followed by going through with the Mac OS installation. Post back if you need help getting that set up.